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1) Bee movie
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
Having just graduated from college, Barry B. Benson finds himself disillusioned with the prospect of having only one career choice - honey. As he ventures outside of the hive for the first time, he breaks one of the cardinal rules of the bee world and talks to a human, a New York City florist named Vanessa. He is shocked to discover that the humans have been stealing and eating the bee's honey for centuries. He ultimately realizes that his true calling...
2) Fame
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Passions will be tested and young hearts will be broken. Ultimately, talent, dedication and hard work will triumph. Centers around a group of dancers, singers, musicians and actors at the New York City High School of Performing Arts, and their spirited drive to live out their dreams of stardom. In an incredibly competitive atmosphere, each student must shine amidst the tumult of school work, deep friendships, budding romance and self-discovery.
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
Pierre is a ballroom-dance instructor with courtly manners whose pupils tend to be well-heeled teenagers. Partly as a dare and partly as a joke, he is offered the job of supervising a South Bronx high school detention class, where the students regard him as a visitor from the moon. They resist him, but he fascinates them, and before long, Pierre has talked them into learning a few steps. He even suggests that if they work hard enough, they might have...
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"A bold and moving exploration of the American elite that exposes how the ruling class-even when well-intentioned-perpetuates cycles of wealth, power, and injustice. Growing up on New York City's Upper East Side, Nick McDonell was surrounded by luxury-sailing lessons in the Hamptons, school galas at the Met, and holidays on private jets. It was this rarified life that he explored in his early novels, but then left behind as a war correspondent in...
6) Struck dead
Author
Series
Forensic Instincts volume 10
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"When a tragic hit-and-run takes the life of a hardworking family man, multi-millionaire Christopher Hillington becomes the prime suspect, and the whole city of New York alights with speculation as to what happened. But before the NYPD can establish Hillington's guilt, he himself is brutally murdered in his own home."--
7) Just my luck
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
Ashley is a Manhattan socialite who is the luckiest person in New York. One night she goes to a masquerade ball and meets Jake. Jake, on the other hand, has the worst luck. After Ashley kisses Jake, she is horrified to find out that the two have swapped luck. But what starts outs as a terrible twist-of-fate, ends up being the best thing that has ever happened to her.
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
All Kate has ever wanted in life has been to perform with the American Ballet Academy. But when she doesn't get in, she learns that it takes more than just natural talent to succeed in the dance world. With a turn in a cutting-edge hip-hop club and the help of a former hockey player-turned-dancer, she may just manage to make her dreams come true.
9) Prime
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Rafi is a recently divorced 37-year-old Manhattan career woman. She meets Dave, a talented 23-year-old painter from Brooklyn, and the two fall in love. Told from everyone's point-of-view, including friends, relatives, and Rafi's therapist, Lisa. Unbeknownst to Rafi, Lisa just so happens to be Dave's mother.
10) The other guys
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
When two mismatched NYPD detectives stumble into a seemingly dull case that no other detective wants to bother with, it turns out to be New York City's biggest crime. The two seize the opportunity to step up like the city's top cops, whom they idolize. But do these two guys have the right stuff?
"It's a comedy of manhood for the age of emasculation."--Entertainment Weekly
"...McKay does his best work to date here."--Hollywood Reporter
"Ferrell...
11) Pura Belpré
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
This inspiring chapter book biography introduces readers to Pura Belpré who brought Spanish and bilingual storytelling and books to libraries across the country, giving Spanish speakers the opportunity to read and find community in ways they never had before.
12) Annie
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Annie is a young, happy foster kid who's also tough enough to make her way on the streets of New York. Originally left by her parents as a baby with the promise that they'd be back for her someday, it's been a hard knock life ever since with her mean foster mom Miss Hannigan. But everything's about to change when the hard-nosed tycoon and New York mayoral candidate Will Stacks, advised by his brilliant VP, Grace and Guy, makes a thinly-veiled campaign...
13) Cloverfield
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
A giant monster terrorizes New York as five friends celebrate a going-away party. Armed with only a video camera and their wits, they try to survive the most horrifying event of their lives.
"...an effective film, deploying its special effects well and never breaking the illusion that it is all happening as we see it."--Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
"This monster mash-up is a lot of fun..."--Associated Press
"...a heart-racing experience with...
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
New York Metropolitan Transit Authority train dispatcher Walter Garber's day is turned upside down when he must face-off against Ryder, the criminal mind that has hijacked the passengers of subway train, Pelham 1-2-3. Ryder is the leader of a highly-armed gang of four, including a henchman who used to work for the MTA. NYPD Hostage Negotiator Detective Camonetti initially takes charge of the situation, but quickly realizes that Ryder will only deal...
15) Alfie
Series
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Alfie is what you'd call an unrepentant womanizer. He is a limo driver working in New York City, which, of course, provides him ample opportunity to continue his womanizing ways. That is until reality slaps him in the face. His carnality eventually gets in the way, and he decides to change his wondering ways.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
When the son of NYC's first female mayor disappears, PI Bill Smith and his partner, Lydia Chin, are called in the find the missing 15-year-old but are faced with more questions than answers, they turn to the only contacts who could help: the neighborhood leaders who are the real "mayors" of NY.
In January, New York City inaugurates its first female mayor. In April, her son disappears. Called in by the mayor's chief aide to find the missing fifteen-year-old,...
17) Random in Death
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"In the new crime thriller from #1 New York Times-bestselling J.D. Robb, a small and easily concealed weapon wreaks havoc, and the killer is just a face in the crowd. Jenna's parents had finally given in, and there she was, at a New York club with her best friends, watching the legendary band Avenue A, carrying her demo in hopes of slipping it to the guitarist, Jake Kincade. Then, from the stage, Jake catches her eye, and smiles. It's the best night...
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Back of container: "Jackie plays a young law student in The Streets of New York, also known as The Abe Lincoln of Ninth Avenue. Running a news stand to make ends meet, he faces numerous obstacles and temptations, but through it all, he considers the actions of his hero, Abraham Lincoln, for guidance. Jackie brings a famous literary character to life in the dramatic Peck's Bad Boy. Young Bill Peck, who adores his father and tries to be good, keeps...
Pub. Date
[2001], p2000
Language
English
Description
Jamal Wallace is a talented young basketball player in New York City whose secret passion is writing. After an accidental meeting, Forrester, a reclusive novelist, becomes Jamal's unlikely mentor. Soon, both men learn lessons from each other about life and the importance of friendship.
20) Center stage
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
The artistic director of the American Ballet Company is evaluating a tight-knit group of students as they face the growing pains of their world of dance. Managing their ambitions, romances, and heartbreaks proves to be both invigorating and painful.
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